garfo

Galician

Alternative forms

• garfe, garfio

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾfo̝/

Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)

1. fork (eating utensil)
2. hook
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 81:

     deuen sutilmente tallar o coiro ao llongo et desy a carne ata a que chege aa llandooa ou ao uerme, et pois que a acharen deuenlla fillar con garffe de fero

     they should subtly cut the [horse's] skin along, and then also the meat, till they came to the growth or the sickness; and as soon as they find it they should grab it with an iron hook

   Synonym: gancho

3. gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon

   Synonym: francada

4. twig

   Synonym: ganzo

5. twig of a bunch of grapes

   Synonym: cangallo

6. (horticulture) cutting, slip; shoot
   • 1404, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 94:

     et que poñades no dito lugar doσe aruores preſas de garfos τ de reyσ

     and you shall plant in that place twelve [chestnut] trees, with their shoots and roots grounded

7. hangnail

Derived terms

• garfela
• garfelo

References

• “garfio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “garf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “garfo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “garfio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “garfo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “garfo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

garfo

Etymology

From Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡah.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡah.fu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.fu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʁ.fu/ [ˈɡaχ.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɻ.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɾ.fu/

• Hyphenation: gar‧fo

Noun

garfo m (plural garfos)

1. fork (eating utensil)
2. pitchfork (farm tool)

   Synonyms: forcado, forquilha

Derived terms

• garfada

Descendants

• Malay: garpu
  • Indonesian: garpu